Bring brilliant winter color to your landscape with Red Sprite Winterberry Holly, a compact deciduous holly prized for its abundant clusters of bright red berries that persist throughout the winter season. This dwarf variety offers exceptional ornamental appeal while maintaining a naturally tidy shape that rarely requires pruning. Its compact size makes it perfect for foundation plantings, rain gardens, pollinator landscapes, borders, and smaller garden spaces.

Red Sprite is especially valued for its adaptability, including tolerance for wet soils and salt exposure, making it an excellent choice for challenging landscape conditions. For berry production, plant near a compatible male pollinator such as Jim Dandy Winterberry Holly. These healthy plants are shipped established in 4 inch nursery pots and are ready to thrive in your garden.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Red Sprite Winterberry Holly
✔️ 4 inch pot plant
✔️ Bright red winter berry variety
✔️ Healthy, rooted deciduous shrub
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Red Sprite Winterberry Holly
• Botanical Name: Ilex verticillata ‘Red Sprite’
• Plant Type: Deciduous flowering shrub
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Moist, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; tolerates wet conditions once established
• Mature Height: Approximately 5 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 4 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 4–9
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip: Plant near a compatible male pollinator such as Jim Dandy for reliable berry production. Mulching around the base helps retain moisture and supports healthy root development in both wet and dry seasons.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.